From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dirk Subject: Re: serious Reiser4 fsck problem Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:33:56 +0200 Message-ID: <44C1FF14.7040504@gmx.net> References: <44C1F93A.9090109@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?=A3ukasz_Mierzwa?= Cc: "reiserfs-list@namesys.com" =A3ukasz Mierzwa wrote: > Dnia Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:08:58 +0200, Dirk napisa=B3: >=20 >> Hello, >> will using >> >> fsck.reiser4 --build-fs >> >> result in data loss? I mean to fix the partition - NOT to lose the data >> on it.. >> >> The manual page is also not very specific about if data will be lost or >> not when using this option... >> >> Using --fix resulted in a message that I should use --build-fs to remove >> corruption... >=20 >=20 > You will probably end up with some amount of files in lost&found dir,=20 > those will be the files that fsck can't recognize from what dir are > coming and what are named, depending on what corruption You have there > can always be some files that You won't get back. As always, backups > are a must have on any fs. >=20 >=20 The hdd was full and a process was still trying to write and create new files... So I guess those files might end up in lost+found... Just want to make sure that --build-fs will not build a _new_ fs, meaning formatting the fs by formatting it?!? That wasn't very clear from what I'd read in the manual... Dirk